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Join our ongoing contests and win up to $1,500. Flex those creative muscles with these writing prompts.

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Write a story about someone who feels increasingly irrelevant.

– 57 stories

Start your story with someone saying, “We’re running out of time.”

– 76 stories

Write about a character who settles disputes for a living (a judge, mediator, school counselor, etc).

– 35 stories

Write a story that includes the line “I can’t believe we’re arguing over this.”

– 60 stories

Write a story about two characters who have been fighting for so long, they can’t remember what started it.

– 26 stories

Write about a character trying to heal an old rift.

– 40 stories

Write a story about a character learning to stand up for themselves.

– 48 stories

Write a story about someone whose job is to make miracles happen, literally or figuratively.

– 41 stories

Set your story in an oracle or a fortune teller’s parlor.

– 65 stories

Write about a character whose life changes for the better.

– 47 stories

Start your story with a character saying “I can see it now.”

– 36 stories

Write a story in which a miracle happens — or everyone thinks it did.

– 44 stories

Write about a character who’s expected to follow in someone’s footsteps.

– 38 stories

Repeat the same line of dialogue, from the same character, three separate times.

– 57 stories

Write about a character who keeps ending up in the same place.

– 39 stories

Write about somebody breaking a cycle.

– 39 stories

Write about a character who wakes up in their past life, or as a future reincarnation of themself.

– 54 stories

Write a story that either starts or ends with someone (or something) saying, “Please, don’t do it.”

– 94 stories

Write about a character, human or robot, who no longer wishes to obey instructions.

– 53 stories

Write about a character who has access to a powerful new technology before anyone else.

– 24 stories

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